Abstract
THE book before us consists of twelve essays which have already been published elsewhere, and are now brought up to date and collected, making a thickish book. The subject-matter of these essays is very various, the title of the book being apparently taken from the first two essays. Amongst others the following questions are considered:—The art of prolonging life; the alcohol question; fasting and its physiology; the London water supply. &c. The book cannot be regarded as a serious contribution to any of the subjects dealt with, and will hardly appeal either to the medical profession or to the readers of NATURE. It is, however, written in a chatty style, and that section of the public which is interested in the acquisition of medical superficialities will find it certainly readable, and probably instructive.
Waste and Repair in Modern Life.
By Robson Roose Edin. Pp. 364. (London: John Murray, 1897.)
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T., F. Waste and Repair in Modern Life. Nature 56, 587 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/056587b0
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